The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel by Robert Alter

The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel

Robert Alter

410 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"The story of David is the greatest single narrative representation in antiquity of a human life evolving by slow stages through time, shaped by the pressures of political life, family, the impulses of body and spirit, and the eventual sad decay o...

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